The supposed art of judging a person's character by examining the lines and other features of the hand.
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Chirognomy has a history rooted in ancient philosophy and a theory of both cosmic and personal relationships.
Chirognomy has no equal among the so-called occult sciences.
He was so enamored of chirognomy that he had casts made of his and his wife's hands, and even talked of making a collection of those of his friends.
Chirognomy aims to comprehend the universe by starting with the smallest element — man.
One writer on the subject of chirognomy claims to have given private lessons in the study of the hand to the heads of 275 business establishments in New York.